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Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. i.
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
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If Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.
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Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. {Scrabble}.] (Woolen Manuf.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
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Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribbled} (-b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribbling} (-bl[i^]ng).] [From {Scribe}.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
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2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
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Scribble \Scrib"ble\, n.
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle.
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Neither did I but vacant seasons spend
In this my scribble. --Bunyan.
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